CONTENTS I College Life, and Love. — The Simcox Home — A Mother's Boy — Shadows and Shadows — The Week of Prayer — A Noble Confession — A Roommate's Testimony — Free from Clique Entanglements — Comradeship — A Girl's Leadership — Prophetic Lines — The Volunteer Movement — Commencement Day, 1890 — The Love of Classmates 19 II Breaking Home Ties. — The Wedding Trip — New Friendships — Clearfield's Ideal — The Week's Round of Social Pleasures — The Impressive Sermon — Mrs. Simcox's Talk to the Children — The Reception at the Reed Home — "Never Dreamed that Missionaries Looked Like These" — The "Name Book" — Clearfield's Good-bye — The Ordination — The Last Sabbath at Home — Center's Farewell 33 III In Far Off China. — There Were no Tears or Sad Feelings — Empress of China — Center's Largess — The Voyage — The Reception at Tientsin — On to Peking — The American Gentleman at the Chinese Inn — Entertained at Dr. Wherry's — At Home with the Cunninghams — First Impressions — Paotingfu, the Strategic Point — A Family Bereavement — First Experiences in Country Work — Feeding the Hungry 48 IV The Flight. — War with Japan — Mob Violence Threatened — Warned to Seek Safety — Preparations for the Flight — Houseboat to Tientsin — Cholera in the Compound — Sad Deaths — A New Testament for the Empress Dowager — Exciting War News 71 V The American Board Compound. — Isaac Pierson and a Noble Work — The Laying of the Foundation — Hum- ble Quarters — Providential Leadings — The Story of Meng and Chang — Miss Pierson's Letter — "Men May Come and Men May Go" — The Growth of the Native Church — The Ordination of Meng Chang-chun — A Missionary's Joy — Dr. Ament's Story — The Prophecies That Went Before 88 VI Life in the Compound and Some Letters. — The War Still On — A Winter of Anxiety — True Friendships Formed — A Picture of Life in the Compound — How the House Was Furnished — The Warnings — The Reply of the Japanese Officer — Christmas and Loving Remembrances — Lights and Shades — How Baby Paul Quiets the Mob — The Fears of Many 106 VII Misses Morrill and Gould. — Changes in the Personnel of the Station — Mary S. Morrill — The Old Homestead — The Student of the Family — Her Early Reading — At the Normal School — A Change of Faith — A Candidate for Appointment to the Foreign Field — Miss Morrill's Diffidence and Triumph — First Year on the Field — Arrival of Miss Gould at Paotingfu — Changes at the Station — A Child of Gentle Breeding — Miss Gould's Farewell at Portland — Her Birth at Bethel — Her Student Career at Mount Holyoke College — Yoke Fellows — A Wonderful Year's Work — Miss Morrill's Vacation — New Responsibilities for Miss Gould — The Joyful Return — Arrival of the Simcoxes 136 VIII Dr. Taylor and the Presbyterian Compound. — Dr. Whiting's Story — Dr. Taylor Transferred to Paotingfu — A Memorial Service — A Tribute by Dr. Hodge — Desire to Become a Physician — Van Rensselaer Seminary — Admission to the Lord's Table — At Princeton — A Student of the University of Pennsylvania — Appointment to the Foreign Field — The An Ting Hospital — Linguistic Accomplishments — Dr. Taylor's Medical Work at Paotingfu — His Associates in the Compound — The Precious Home — Domestic Trials. 153 IX Fruitful Labours. — Miss Morrill the Tireless Worker — Her Vacation of Value to Miss Gould — Paotingfu Officials Friendly — Itinerating — Missionaries Going Home — A Missionary Letter to the Clearfield Ladies — Hugs and Kisses to Aunt Beckie — The Precious Day at Man Ch'eng — Desire to do Something for the Women — A Cloud no Bigger than a Man's Hand — The Railroad 177 X Four Summers by the Sea. — Investing Money at Pei-tai-ho — Death of Dorothy Hayner — The Blue Ocean — The Growth of Pei-tai-ho — The Last Summer by the Sea — -The Celebration of the 4th of July — Interesting Letters — Attack on the Catholic Compound at Paotingfu — Missionary Conferences — A Letter to a Church 193 XI Little Men and Women. — Dr. Cokman's Mimic Army — Hope Cunningham — Two Missing — Letter to Mrs, Whiting — Guests at the Simcox Cottage — Miss McKillican's Letter — Praying for a Baby Sister — Francis the Tease — A Mother's Solicitude — A Letter to Mrs. Cunningham — Dr. Mackey's Testimony — Thanksgiving Dinner at the Ewings' — Mrs. Lowrie's Story of the Children — The Hymns They Sang — Sorrow Over Mrs. Lowrie's Departure — Baby Margaret's Letter. 216 XII Horace Tracy Pitkin. — The Pitkins at Pei-tai-ho — Their Long Wedding Journey — Mrs. Pitkin — Meeting at Northfield — Mr. Pitkin's Early Life and Education — A Classmate's Story — Yale University and Union Theological Seminary — A Travelling Secretary — Marriage at Troy, Ohio — Meeting the Council — Ordination — Representative of the Pilgrim Church, Cleveland — Silent Years at Paotingfu — The Tribute of Dr. Goodrich — Mrs. Pitkin's Departure for the Homeland 241 XIII Dr. and Mrs. Cortlandt Van Rensselaer Hodge. — How the Appointment was Received at Paotingfu — Arrival, May 2nd — Reception — The Thoughtfulness of an American Lady — The Boyhood of Cortlandt Van Rensselaer Hodge — Graduate of Princeton and of the University of Pennsylvania — Finds a Congenial Companion at the University — A Caller at the Sinclair Home — The Story of Elsie Sinclair — A Church Wedding — A Graphic Sketch — Silent and Busy Months at Paotingfu — The Trip to the South — Christmas, 1899 — Social Life in the Compound — The Favourite Hymns — Mrs. Hodge and the Children 267 XIV Deepening Shadows. — The Emperor Overthrown — Excitement in the North — Fears for Missions — Railway Disturbances — Mr. Simcox Threatened — Shadows — Depressing Effect on the Missionaries — A Busy Summer for All — Statement of Conditions Seven Months Before the Tragedy — The Boxer Uprising — Foreign Ministers Lacking in Backbone — The Darkness Deepens — Mrs. Simcox's Letter 300 XV Elect Ones and Precious. — Good Fellowship Among the Missionaries — The Story of Mr. and Mrs. Bagnail — Their Hospitable Home at Paotingfu — Sweet Little Gladys — Rev. William Cooper — The First Martyr of Paotingfu — Dark Days at the American Board Compound — Praying for Grit — " If Not on Earth, Will Meet in Heaven" — Mr. Pitkin's Last Letter — An Appeal for Help — " Immanuel " . 326 XVI Abiding His Time. — The Great Revival — Sublime Courage — Letter to the Gearfield Church — The Faithful Shepherd — Letters Which Tell of the Baptism — Dr. Hodge's Appointment to Peking — Suffering of the Catholics — The Three Groups — She Will not Come Back — The Last Letter to Her Mother — The Message to the Millersr — The Letter of May 31st — Mr. Simcox at the Congregational Chapel — Dr. Taylor and His Student Friends — Closes the Dispensary — Preparing Paul and Francis for the Crowning Day 345 XVII The Crowning Day. — Echoes of Voices — Well-Authenticated Reports — Waiting Upon God — The Native Christians — The Chivalry of the Martyr Spirit — The Attack — The Purpose of the Boxers — A Mother's Fruitless Plea — The Story of the Closing Scenes — Captain Hutcheson's Report — Heavy Care at the South Suburb — The Scene in the Chapel — "Now We Can Only Wait" — Mr. Pitkin and Good Lao Man — Hiding the Letters — The Verbal Message — The At- tack Sunday Morning — The Death of Mr. Pitkin — The Arrest of the Bagnalls and Mr. Cooper — Mr. Lowrie's Letter — The Official Report — Memorial Services — Mr. Miller's Visit to Paotingfu Since the Tragedy — "Silver is Nothing and Gold is Nothing" — The Loyalty of the Native Christians 370 Digitized by Google.

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